i am the chosen one. somebody had to do it. >> at one time this would have been outrageous. the almighty president retweets conspiracies, repeats anti-semetic claims and that's just the beginning. suspect montoya had clear plans, intent and the means. >> more mass shootings in the wake of el paso and dayton. one of them, a hotel employee with an arsenal at hand. the democratic field is down to 22. we'll tell you the latest candidate to drop out.

ten lucky people to be alive. they walked away from a fiery plane crash in california. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, this is "early start." i'm julia chatterly in for christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. we start with a wild wednesday at the white house. even by trump standards, wednesday produced a plethora of claims, suggestions and conspiracy theories that should stop you in your tracks. mr. trump demonstrated his opinion of himself with this remark about the trade war he started with china. >> somebody said it's trump's trade war. this isn't my trade war. this is a trade war that should have taken place a long time ago by a lot of other presidents. somebody had to do it. i am the chosen one. somebody had to do it. >> the chosen one.

for the record, his chosen approach to trade conflict comes at a cost to american consumers and farmers, not to china as he claims. trump also doubled down on the anti-semetic trope he used on tuesday when he said jews that support democrats are disloyal. >> in my opinion, you vote for a democrat, you are being very disloyal to jewish people and you are being very disloyal to israel and only weak people would say anything other than that. >> so he made those remarks after retweeting decoratiok kol he's king of israel and the president seems unable to make up his mind. another twist yesterday as he denies telling the nra that universal background checks are off the table but he also claimed current background checks are mostly sufficient.

this leads to some but not all past view owelines and mental health problems. >> we have a lot of -- we have a lot of background checks right now. gun owners can tell you that. others can tell you that, but there are certain weaknesses. we're going to fix the weaknesses. i think that will happen. we'll see what happens. i'm concerned that no matter what we agree to, when we get there i'm concerned the democrats will say, oh, well we now want this and we want -- you know, it's a slippery slope. stronger background checks have drawn bipartisan support. the refusal by senate republicans to take action could, some feel, endanger gop control of the senate. president trump's obsession is not letting up either. 20 times with reporters yesterday trump tried to blame his predecessor for his troubles. here's just a small sample of russia and border separations. >> they were taken out because

putin outsmarted crimea on the red line, on other things. totally outsmarted obama. it was president obama that built those cages so president obama had separation. i'm the one that brought them together. >> for the record, all nations in the g20 agreed that russia had to be suspended because of its takeover of crimea and family separations during the obama era were rare and circumstantial. it was not a blanket rule. >> at least one country says russia should rejoin the g7. russian controlled media is celebrating after president trump said he wants to see russia rejoin the group of the strongest industrial nations. translated version of trump's remarks along with graphics of a g8 logo with russia's flag getting massive applause on the

state tv. other members of the alliance not on board yet. >> as the situation is today, i would say there is not yet sufficient progress for saying the reasons we had in 2014 are obsolete. >> given russia's provocations, not just in ukraine but in many other places, i must say i am very much with chancellor merkel in thinking that the case has yet to be made out. >> a senior trump administration official says french president manuel macron also believes russia should be invited to next year's g-7 conference. they say the readmission would depend on ukraine. it's set for this weekend in france and next year it will be hosted by the united states. >> president trump defending his decision to cancel his trip to denmark after she called the idea of the u.s. purchasing greenland absurd.

>> i thought that the prime minister's statement that it was absurd, it was an absurd idea was nasty. i thought it was an inappropriate statement. all she had to do is say, no, we wouldn't be interested. >> the president also took shots at denmark's commitment to nato despite its strong support of u.s.-led missions. to be fair to president trump, anna, they don't pay their agreed upon share. how are they reacting over in copenhagen? >> reporter: well, i think you have to see it in the context of everything that's happened over the last few days. the insults to the danish in terms of the fact that the u.s. thought it was for sale, the fact that he's canceled the state visit having been invited by the queen, the fact that he called comments by the prime minister nasty. we expected the nato

contributions, from 1.35% closer to 2%, he thought that would always be on the table but now given this context there is a feeling that it will raise eyebrows because denmark does contribute a lot in terms of the military. it has fought alongside of the united states. it has cost denmark dearly. they have just 17,000 personnel. the afghan war was the deadliest to denmark. meanwhile, the secretary spoke to the danish foreign minister trying to smooth things over. it has gone down well. the foreign minister has tweeted saying he appreciated the frank, friendly, constructive talk with pompeo with the strong u.s./danish bond. the u.s. and denmark are close friends and allies with long history of active engagement

across globe. analysts today are actually saying that this flurry of diplomacy in the last 24 hours may actually end up strengthening the bond between denmark and the united states. >> we shall see. anna stewart, thank you so much for that. new arrests on both coasts. suspects accused of plotting mass shootings in the wake of el paso and dayton. in long beach, california, police say 37-year-old rudolpho montoya was planning to shoot employees and guests at the marriott hotel where he was a cook. officers seized multiple high power weapons, tactical gear and high capacity magazines from montoya's home. >> suspect montoya had clear plans, intent and the means to carry out an act of violence that may have resulted in a mass casualty incident. >> police say montoya does not appear to have a criminal history that would have barred

him from owning the weapons. he will appear in court as early as today. in central florida, police arrested a 16-year-old female high school students over threats they say she texted to students at a nearby catholic school. she used the phone belonging to her sister who goes to the school to threaten a school shooting. >> the reason why they do this, we don't know, but there is no tolerance for threats like these. we want to encourage parents to educate their children, let them know that this is not a game, it is not a joke. >> over in texas walmart just announced it plans to reopen its el paso store where 22 people were killed last month in the next three to four months. washington state governor jay insley bowing out of the 2020 campaign last night on an interview on msnbc. >> it has become clear i'm not going to be carrying the ball, i'm not going to be president so

i'm withdrawing tonight from the race. >> inslee made addressing the climate crisis the core issue. he failed to gain traction. he was unlikely to qualify. the sources say he plans to seek a third term as washington governor. 22 candidates still remain in the democratic field. inslee for his part says, quote, every single one of them is 100% better than president trump. the federal reserve is looking for some flexibility with conflicting economic signals. minutes of the july's fed meeting says the july rate cut was a mid cycle adjustment and not the start of an aggressive cycle. lower employment and reasonably strong domestic growth, but also slowing global growth and persistent trade uncertainty. before the minutes were released

president trump kept up demands for another rate cut. >> i don't demand it, but if he used his head he would lower them. the federal reserve has let us down. they missed the call. they raised them too fast. they raised it too high. >> despite the president's repeated attacks, powell and fed officials have maintained the central bank's independence. fed officials did not suggest a sign of dropping. the fed typically does a series of cuts only when the economy is in a severe downturn or recession and the u.s. isn't in one right now. >> somebody ought to explain that to the president. that's why we cut rates. the president seems to think that the fed should juice the economy. >> rate cuts, tax cuts although they've reversed a decision on that, too. >> that was whiplash. >> that was whiplash. >> tuesday to wednesday a wild

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sexually assaulting at least five students over decades. an independent report states the university first investigated the behavior back in 1994. the alleged assaults took place to research facility in the caribbean. the reports say redmond denied the allegations and refused to take part in the investigation. they say they will now change how it tracks professors disciplinary records and conduct more scrutiny of internships and overnight programs. redmond retired in 2018. he has been banned from campus. a powerful storm in south carolina injures two people when a violent gust of wind sends an event tent airborne. the strong gust lifted the tent into the air along with two restaurant workers who were trying to secure it. one man was lifted into the air above the roof and hit the gutter on his way down. he suffered cuts and bruised and had to get stitches above his eye.

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i am the chosen one. somebody had to do it.

>> now at one time this would have been pretty outrageous, the president retweets conspiracies, anti-semetic claims and that's just the beginning. suspect montoya had clear plans, intent and the means. >> more mass shooting plots foiled in the wake of the el paso and dayton shootings. one of them, a hotel employee with an arsenal at hand. the democratic field is down to 22. we'll tell you the latest candidate to drop out. and ten people lucky to be alive. they walked away from a fiery plane crash in california. welcome back to "early start." i'm dave briggs on thursday. >> i'm julia chatterley, 30 minutes past the hour here in new york. even by trump's standards, wednesday produced a plethora of claims, suggestions and conspiracy theories that should stop you in your tracks. trump demonstrated his apparent

opinion of himself with this remark about this trade war with china. >> somebody said it's trump's trade war. this isn't my trade war. this is a trade war that should have taken place a long time ago by a lot of other presidents. somebody had to do it. i am the chosen one. somebody had to do it. >> chosen by himself. for the record, his chosen approach to trade conflict comes at a cost to american consumers and to farmers and not just to china as he's claimed. trump also doubled down on the anti-semetic trope he used tuesday when asked about his claim that jews who support democrats are disloyal. >> in my opinion, you vote for a democrat, you're being very disloyal to jewish people and you're being very disloyal to israel. and only weak people would say anything other than that. >> he made those remarks after retweeting declarations he's,

quote, the king of israel and the second coming of god quoting a conspiracy theorist, by the way. on the issue of guns, the president seems unable to make up his mind. another twist yesterday as he denied telling the nra that universal background checks are off the table but he also claimed current background checks are mostly sufficient. the system screens for some but not all indicators of past violence and mental health problems. >> we have a lot of -- we have a lot of background checks right now. gun owners can tell you that. others can tell you that. but there are certain weaknesses. we want to fix the weaknesses, and i think that will happen. let's see what happens. i'm concerned that no matter what we agree to, when we get there, i'm concerned the democrats will say, oh, well we now want this and we want -- you know, it's a slippery slope. >> stronger background checks have drawn strong bipartisan support. a refusal to take action could come at a cost in 2020.

president trump's obsession with barack obama not letting up. 20 times in 30 minutes with reporters yesterday trump tried to blame his predecessor for his troubles. here's a small sample on russia and border separations. >> they were taken out because putin outsmarted on crimea, on the red line, on other things, totally outsmarted obama. it was president obama that built those cages so president obama had separation. i'm the one that brought them together. >> for the record, all nations in the g-7 agreed russia had to leave because of its takeover of crimea and family separations during the obama white house were rare and circumstantial. it was not' blanket policy until the trump administration. at least one country is pleased that president trump says russia should rejoin the g-7. >> we should work.

>> russian controlled media is celebrating after trump said he wanted to see russia rejoin the group of the strongest industrial nations. the translated version of trump's remarks along with graphics of the g-8 logo with russia's flag getting massive applause on state tv. other members of the alliance are not on board yet. >> translator: as the situation is today, i would say there is not yet sufficient progress for saying the reasons we had in 2014 are obsolete. >> given russia's provocations, not just in ukraine but in many other places, i must say i am very much with chancellor merkel in thinking that the case has yet to be made out. senior trump administration official says french president emmanuel macron also believes russia should be invited to next year's g-7 conference. a french government official says russia's readmission would depend on the situation in the

ukraine. the g-7 is set in france. next year's summit will be hosted by the united states. president trump defending his decision to cancel his trip to denmark pitting blame on the danish prime minister metta frederick son after she called the idea of the u.s. purchasing greenland was absurd. >> i thought the prime minister's statement that it was an absurd idea was nasty. i thought it was an inappropriate statement. all she had to say is, no, we wouldn't be interested. >> the president also took shots at denmark's commitment to nato despite its decades of strong support for u.s.-led military missions. cnn's anna stewart is live this morning in copenhagen with the latest on the reaction there. anna, good morning. what are you hearing? >> reporter: of course president trump was always going to bring this up had he come to denmark, that he focuses a lot on the numbers. denmark contributes 1.35% to nato, he wants that up to 2%.

here in denmark, the focus is on how much they have contributed on military support, particularly to the united states. they have fought alongside troops in iraq, afghanistan, in the war against isis. it has cost denmark very, very dearly. they have a small military, 17,000 personnel. huge lives lost in some of those conflicts. afghanistan was the deadliest war for denmark in history. having canceled the trip, having called the danish prime minister's comments nasty, having insulted many people in denmark by wanting to buy greenland which is not for sale and is a semiautonomous danish heritage has not gone down well. the secretary of state mike pompeo has called the danish last night and tried to smooth it out. the danish foreign minister said he appreciated the fair and accurate, friendly, constructive talks he had with pompeo.

u.s. and denmark are allies and they will continue to work on issues. some say all of this flurried diplomacy could end up strengthening relationships between denmark and the united states. >> wow. extraordinary development there. anna stewart live for us. thank you. let's move on. new arrests on both coasts. in long beach, california, police say 37-year-old rudolpho montoya was planning to shoot employees and guests at the marriott hotel where he was a cook. a co-worker tipped authorities to his plan. officers seized multiple high powered weapons, tactical gear and high capacity magazines from montoya's home. >> suspect montoya had clear plans, intend and it may have

resulted in a mass casualty incident. >> police say montoya does not have a criminal history that would have barred him from owning the weapons. he will appear in court as early today. in central florida, police arrested a 16-year-old female high school student over threats they say she texted to kids at a high school. she used the phone belonging to her sister to threaten a school shooting. the reason why they do this, we don't know, but there is no tolerance for threats like these. we want to encourage parents to educate their children, let them know that this is not a game, it is not a joke. >> in texas walmart just announced it plans to reopen its el paso store where 22 people were killed next month in the next three to four months. washington state governor jay inslee bowing out of the 2020 campaign.

inslee made addressing the climate crisis the core message in his campaign. he failed to meet the threshold for the third democratic debate. they say he plans to seek a third term as washington governor. 22 candidates now remain in the democratic field. right now ten have qualified for the next debate. president trump says he is making cancellation of student loan debt for disabled veterans automatic. until now disabled vets had to submit an application, but a letter signed by most attorneys general called that system, quote, inadequate. a letter to education secretary betsy devos said 9,000 of 42,000 eligible veterans had applied. 3/4 of those who had not were in default on their loans. remember when candidate trump promised to eliminate the federal debt back in 2016.

eye-popping numbers show the u.s. deficit is skyrocketing at an alarming rate. the congressional budget office is now predicting the deficit will heech $960 billion and will reach $1 trillion for 2020. there is a huge spending package, too. adding to the heat is a two-year budget deal recently signed by the president. that deal set to raise government spending by hundreds of billions of dollars. the dismal forecast also comes as the president said his administration is weighing several tax cut proposals to help keep the economy moving. economists believe doing so would only further reduce the government's ref knvenue and ad the deficit. >> a deficit he promised to eliminate before coming to the office. the republican party returned to deficit concerns as was their

platform. >> you have to wonder whether he looked at this number and said, this is perhaps why we can't cut taxes at this stage despite the fact that the economy's relatively healthy. we don't need tax cuts now. >> i think it was more an admission that, okay, the economy is not so hot. there's not been a concern. >> it could be record breaking. four years of increased deficits. if we see that it will be a record for the lengthiest amount of time increasing deficits. >> terrifying for the next generation. ahead, a record number of fires raging in the amazon could hurt toefrts combat the climate crisis.

two american service members were killed in afghanistan wednesday. details of the incident are scarce and their names are being

withheld while their families are notified. trump administration still in talks about a possible u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan after almost 20 years at war. taliban attacks have not slowed even as the u.s. continues negotiating with the group. >> some scary moments but a happy ending for 10 people aboard a small jet attempting to take off from northern california wednesday. the pilot aborted takeoff causing the cessna citation to crash leaving a trail of thick black smoke over the town of oroville. it's not known why the pilot aborted the takeoff. the smoke closed the highway 162 but the road has reopened. fires are raging in the amazon rain forest and darkening skies over brazil. scientists warn this could strike a devastating blow against climate crisis. there have been close to 73,000 fires in brazil this year,

nearly double last year's number. more than half of them in the amazon region. the amazon is often reefrtd to as the planet's lungs producing 20% of the earth's oxygen in the atmosphere. small, single use plastics will be banned from mt. everest and surrounding peaks starting in 2020. this applies to plastics 30 microns wide and that includes plastic bags, straws, water bottles and most food packaging. the use of all plastic water bottles has not been banned. earlier volunteers were said to have collected 12 tons of garbage in a few weeks. still the overcrowding problem might be the biggest issue. so many permits handed out. >> tackling the wrong issue or less pressing issue. do you have a target? >> i do, indeed. love target as we call it. >> well, you have something in common with other americans because we love target. not such great news for everyone else. cnn business has more after this.

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yale university failed to stop a professor accused of sexually assaulting at least five students over decades. an independent report says the university first investigated eugene redmond's behavior back in 1994. the alleged assaults took place at a research facility in the caribbean. the reports say redmond denied the allegations and refused to take part in the investigation. yale says it will now change how it tracks professor's disciplinary records and conduct more scrutiny of internships in

overnight programs. redmond retired in 2018. he's been banned from campus. a former doctor at an arkansas veterans hospital is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of three patients. robert morris leavy allegedly falsified records due to his misdiagnosis. prosecutors say on two other occasions he falsified entries to indicate that another pathologist had agreed with his diagnosis. an attorney for levy says they are reviewing the indictment and that levy maintains his innocence. forgive them for what they know not what they are doing. the last words of texas death row inmate who maintained his innocence up until he was executed last night. he was sentenced to death for the death of 19-year-old melissa

trotter in 1998. his lawyers argued for two decades that scientific evidence exonerated him. circumstantial evidence pointed to his guilt. the supreme court turned down his final appeal last night. a powerful storm in south carolina injures two people when a violent gust of wind sends an event tent airborne. strong gust lifted the tent into the air along with clemson restaurant workers who were trying to secure it. one man was lifted in the air above the roof and hit the gutter on his way down. suffered cuts and bruises and had to get stitches above his left eye. one woman was hit by a flying table. both workers were able to walk away and will be okay. the chair umpire who clashed with serena williams during last year's u.s. open will not work any matches involving serena or

her sister venus williams at this year's tournament. the confrontation came during the woman's final. the umpire first gave williams a warning for getting a coaching signal from the stands. he gave her a point penalty for breaking her racket and a game penalty for verbal abuse when she called him a, quote, thief. osaka won the match but her first major victory was over shadowed by the controversy. boos rang out as she accepted her trophy. the draw for this year's u.s. open will begin and play effective on monday. nascar legend dale earnhardt jr. plans to be back in the driver's seat despite having survived a fiery plane crash. the 44-year-old tweeted that his lower back is bruised up real bad, i know how that feels, dale jr., but plans to be behind the wheel in the xfinity series august 31st. dale jr., his wife and their

daughter escaped serious injury after their small plane ran off the runway and caught fire following a hard landing in tennessee. earnhardt retired from full-time racing in 2017. instagram says you shouldn't worry or not use your photos against you in court. the chief of the social media giant responding to a meme that went viral claiming instagram is planning to role out new changes to its privacy. it's a hoax. it has long made its rounds on facebook. if you were fooled, you were not alone. dozens of celebrities and politicians were too. that includes julia roberts, usher, john apatel, rob lowe and even energy secretary rick perry, who by the way oversees the u.s. nuclear arsenal. >> easy mistake to make. let's get a check on cnn's business this morning and a look at the markets. we're tilted a little bit on the

down side for u.s. markets. we did see a comeback even as bond markets flashed. the dow finished some 240 points higher as you can see, just shy of 1%. the nasdaq and the s&p 500 closing up in the session as well. now some surprising numbers from the labor department. turns out job growth in 2018 wasn't quite as robust as it may have appeared. preliminary revisions showed employers added a half million fewer jobs in 2018 and early 2019 than previously reported. according to jpmorgan chase the change means job growth averaged 170,000 jobs a month during the 12-month period, down from the 2,000 and 10,000 initially estimated. the revisions don't change the overall picture of a healthy jobs market but they do mean it was weaker than previously estimated. americans love target. that's bad news for traditional department stores. sales at target increased 3.4%

during the summer quarter. the results come on the heels of target's best year in more than a decade. meanwhile, macy's and jcpenney are still struggling. macy's profit fell 48% during the most recent quarter. jcpenney is trading below $1 a share. reported last week its sales dropped 9% during its most recent quarter. retail bankruptcies such as sears and toys"r"us and a strong consumer economy have benefitted the big box chains. little known fact. you have never been to target? >> no, i haven't. we've been talking about it. >> field trip. it's glorious. we could send hours. >> he's been selling it to me. he said three hours you could spend there. really? >> this is going to be a hoot. you and i. >> you're blushing. >> have a great rest of your day, international viewers. early start continues right now.

>> i am the chosen one. somebody had to do it. >> at one time this would have been outrageous. the president of the united states retweeting conspiracies repeating anti-semetic claims and that's just the beginning. suspect montoya had clear plans, intent and the means. >> more mass shootings averted in the wake of el paso and dayton. one of them, a hotel employee with an arsenal at hand. democratic field is down to 22. i'll tell you the latest candidate to drop out. and ten people lucky to be alive. they walked away from a fiery plane crash in california. good morning and welcome to "early start." i'm julia chatterley i'm in for christine